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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 17:06:32 GMT
Apparently the soundtrack is number 1 in America now. Nice to see a musical doing so well. I enjoyed the film, Hugh Jackman has obviously put a lot of heart into it. In terms of comparisons, I think it’s very different to La La Land (which I personally preferred). Similar in style to Moulin Rouge but Showman was better than that for me. It's great to see musicals on the big screen do so well both at the box office and on music charts. Just doing a simple search (mainly wikipedia haha), it has so far made over $150 million at the box office. And the soundtrack has gone #1 in Australia and America, as well as Top 5 in the UK and Ireland; amongst others.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 9, 2018 18:44:30 GMT
So i wonder if this will actually be turned into a stage musical? I mean i know Barnum is already a musical but i mean this version with these songs? I must say some sound as if they would be thrilling live.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 10, 2018 15:27:41 GMT
So i wonder if this will actually be turned into a stage musical? I mean i know Barnum is already a musical but i mean this version with these songs? I must say some sound as if they would be thrilling live. Two stage musicals about Barnum? I’m not sure the world is ready for that.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2018 17:29:24 GMT
This music would be amazingmlive on stage, especially with added production value. I imagine it would also fare better on Broadway than London considering (please correct me if I am wrong) but the musical itself doesn't seem to be quite as known in America than it is here.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 10, 2018 21:12:31 GMT
A fella who is contracting with me for a few weeks used to go to school with Hugh Jackman. Said Hugh always got the lead parts in plays and took it really seriously back then also. My friend said he liked feeding Hugh wrong leads and giving him wrong lines. Hugh made sure Jeremy didn't have an acting career
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Post by musicalfloozie on Jan 11, 2018 10:39:43 GMT
What can I say, I loved it. I came out the cinema singing and dancing. I didn't expect to like this after Jackmans (in my opinion!) butchering of Les Mis so maybe I was overjoyed as I had such low expectations, but all is now forgiven! The songs were catchy the cinematography fabulous and I even found myself crushing on Zac Efron. OK I wouldn't say it was a perfect film as sometimes things in the story seemed slightly rushed but it was thoroughly enjoyable - just heading off to buy the soundtrack.
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Post by showoff on Jan 11, 2018 19:09:53 GMT
I saw this today and I enjoyed it as a film.The songs are really catchy and you feel like you know them instantly and leave humming them.
Sadly I didn't enjoy the whole experience, there was a family that arrived five minutes into the film and then proceeded to absolutely ruin it for everyone, I've never seen anything like it, constant eating and scrunching of bags. Talking and shouting, everyone else in the screening was shushing them over and over.It was constant, and then in a moment of quiet, you're just waiting for them to make even more noise. Honestly it really ruined the film and instead of leaving dancing down the street, I was just annoyed and a little upset.
Because of this I don't know if I enjoyed it enough to go back and watch it again or not.
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Post by jesseeverafter on Jan 11, 2018 23:02:20 GMT
I saw this today, didn't really know what to expect of it as wasn't familiar with the story (just knew it was about the start of the circus and it was a musical movie) but absolutely loved it - would happily watch it again and would love to see the stage version now. I believe there is one in London now? hmmmm Also helped that I had a Showcase Cinema De Lux Directors Hall screen to myself
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Post by spendleb on Jan 12, 2018 13:28:20 GMT
I saw this today and I enjoyed it as a film.The songs are really catchy and you feel like you know them instantly and leave humming them. Sadly I didn't enjoy the whole experience, there was a family that arrived five minutes into the film and then proceeded to absolutely ruin it for everyone, I've never seen anything like it, constant eating and scrunching of bags. Talking and shouting, everyone else in the screening was shushing them over and over.It was constant, and then in a moment of quiet, you're just waiting for them to make even more noise. Honestly it really ruined the film and instead of leaving dancing down the street, I was just annoyed and a little upset. Because of this I don't know if I enjoyed it enough to go back and watch it again or not. We had a similar experience, young group of girls, laughing, talking out loud all through the film despite being told to be quiet by several people, I've been twice now though and would even go again but will wait for the DVD now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 18:50:07 GMT
And just like that, the soundtrack is now #1 in the UK Albums Chart, bumping Ed Sheeran off the top spot! Congrats!
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Post by rumbledoll on Jan 13, 2018 21:15:16 GMT
A pure light-hearted entertainment with great profuction values bit sadly not enough depth to make it special. Too refined and too predictable. Much prefer La La Land which is unique in a way and has a true soul of a dreamer. Jackman though was born to play this part! He owns it with confidence and beauty, cannot imagine anyone else in his shoes!
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Post by ptwest on Jan 14, 2018 11:52:46 GMT
We went to this last night and apart from the sweet rustlers had a well behaved audience thankfully. Loved the film, once I got my head round the fact that there would be very little subtlety and everything was done in very broad strokes. But it both looked and sounded great on the big screen. Much preferred it to La La Land, but really enjoying this resurgence in original film musicals.
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Post by spendleb on Jan 15, 2018 13:56:08 GMT
Noticed they are doing 'singalong' screenings in the US for this now, wonder if they will try the same in the UK?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 17:30:53 GMT
If you mean Barnum, it was a smash on Broadway with Jim Dale in the original production. Don't get me wrong, I get it ran for two years on Broadway, but over here it seems to be more in the memory of people now as it has toured, is currently in London, had a couple of West End returns and also the video with Michael Crawford. You don't hear as much of that over in the US.
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Post by theatreian on Jan 15, 2018 17:37:39 GMT
The soundtrack is still number one in the midweek charts. Great to see this in todays chart world!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 20:01:13 GMT
And also remarkable to see that This is Me, The Greatest Show and Rewrite the Stars have all become Top 30 hits on the Singles Chart!
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Post by anthony40 on Jan 15, 2018 21:17:32 GMT
And also remarkable to see that This is Me, The Greatest Show and Rewrite the Stars have all become Top 30 hits on the Singles Chart! It's interesting as when we saw the film, my sister who knew nothing about the film (other that Hugh Jackman being in it) or the Barnum story and actually said "These songs are so good they could be played on the radio".
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Post by itsemily on Jan 18, 2018 10:09:12 GMT
Going to see this today - really looking forward to it!
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Post by itsemily on Jan 18, 2018 19:17:09 GMT
sorry for the double post, but wow this film is brilliant! I walked straight out the cinema and into HMV and bought the soundtrack!
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Post by robertb213 on Jan 18, 2018 19:23:23 GMT
6 of the songs are now in the UK Top 50, according to our Spotify playlist in the office this afternoon! Made a nice change from Ed Sheeran 😉
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 17:23:40 GMT
Crazily 9 of the 11 songs have also charted in the Global Charts. Mental!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 17:28:48 GMT
I don't think it's as crazy or mental as it seems. 20 years ago for Moulin Rouge songs to chart would have been an achievement, but music sales are so low these days it takes a lot less for a song to chart. I'm sure I read fairly recently that it only takes sales of around 30k to hit number one. Granted it is still very positive that a 'musical' soundtrack is gaining so much traction.
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Post by theatreian on Jan 19, 2018 17:30:07 GMT
And the album is still number one in the official charts this week. It has its strongest sales week to date shifting 40,000 copies.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 17:30:42 GMT
I don't think it's as crazy or mental as it seems. 20 years ago for Moulin Rouge songs to chart would have been an achievement, but music sales are so low these days it takes a lot less for a song to chart. I'm sure I read fairly recently that it only takes sales of around 30k to hit number one. Granted it is still very positive that a 'musical' soundtrack is gaining so much traction. Espeially consdering it actually got quite mixed reviews overall, its great to see audiences engage with a musical this much!
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Post by stageyninja83 on Jan 19, 2018 18:19:30 GMT
If anyone is interested, The Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square is having a singalong screening of the film on Saturday 27th January.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 18:27:25 GMT
Is it me or are some of the songs missing off the soundtrack. One I remember fro, the film is when all the performers were singing in the bar. It seems odd that they would not put all the songs on the album or maybe I'm just loosing it a bit.
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Post by viserys on Jan 19, 2018 21:49:13 GMT
I hate to be "that person" but I wasn't all that impressed with the movie or the music. The plot was uneven and ropey and the subplot with Jenny Lind cringeworthy bad. And why did they hire someone who can't sing and had to be dubbed for the part instead of some proper musical performer who had knocked that song out of the park?
The music, much like Dear Evan Hansen, sounded way overamplified and noisy when it could and should have been lovely and sweeping. The song that stuck in my mind was a "A Million... Dreams? Stars?" so much for being stuck in my mind, lol. I did like the staging of the duet between Zendaya and Beefcake, this should be a lovely moment when this inevitably hits the stage.
Much prefered La La Land to be honest.
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Post by cheesy116 on Jan 20, 2018 1:05:42 GMT
Is it me or are some of the songs missing off the soundtrack. One I remember fro, the film is when all the performers were singing in the bar. It seems odd that they would not put all the songs on the album or maybe I'm just loosing it a bit. The bar song is on the album on Spotify, I believe its 'From Now On'
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 10:59:37 GMT
I finally saw this Friday as well (because viserys and I somehow coordinate our cinema dates across continents). With my 'critical' hat on I share a few of the reservations- the Jenny Lind/kiss subplot was awful and redundant...it would have been enough to show Barnum's expensive gamble failing etc. on the reverse, I loved the Efron/Zandeya love story and wished that got more air time. Michelle Williams tragically didn't have enough to do but was her usual fabulous self with what she had. Musicals-wise, it had better musical content and was defiantly a 'musical' vs 'film with songs' (as I'd categorise La La Land) but I felt weirdly short-changed by some of the big numbers- they just felt a bit cut short? BUT that said the opening and closing, along with 'This is Me' were stunningly produced. All in all it's a slight but fun take on Barnum's story, and it did what it sets out to- the quote at the end about making people happy, I think fits- it certainly left me with a smile. On a personal note, I did feel oddly emotional- seeing Hugh Jackman in a musical was the reason I both fell in love with musicals, and (god help me) steered me on the career path I ended up on. So seeing Hugh doing what (IMO) Hugh does best, and knowing this was a labour of love of a film for him, got me oddly emotional. And damn if Mr J doesn't look fine in a top hat and tails.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 21, 2018 17:50:47 GMT
I hate to be "that person" but I wasn't all that impressed with the movie or the music. The plot was uneven and ropey and the subplot with Jenny Lind cringeworthy bad. And why did they hire someone who can't sing and had to be dubbed for the part instead of some proper musical performer who had knocked that song out of the park? Not just you. I thought the contemporary music and choreography (all that foot stomping and punching the air with one fist) looked completely wrong performed by people in Victorian dress. I’ve said before re Barnum that the plot is paper thin and it’s the same here. If I recall, in the musical he at least leaves the wife for Jenny Lind, we don’t even get that here. Zac Efron looking misty eyed every two minutes didn’t wash either (although the group of women behind appreciated it). The real opportunity, to give us some of the “freaks” back stories, was overlooked. That woman with the white hair was at the front in almost every scene and we didn’t even find out her name, she never spoke. Also General Tom Thumb, looked like a kid with a deep voice dubbed on. I shouldnt have gone. I hate Circus 😝
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